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Sept. 20, 2023

Best of: Sick Day Hacks

Back to school, back to home from school with an itchy throat. Here's how to keep sick kids happily busy, when to keep them home, and when they just might be pulling one over on you.

One day out of school? Fine, here’s the remote. But by day four of a low-grade temp— just enough to keep the kid home— most parents get rather desperate for ideas. We are both unfortunate experts on the topic of kids’ sick days, and here's what we've learned.

This is a "Best Of" episode from the pre-Covid days. If your kid might have Covid, definitely ignore any "they're probably fine, just send them" advice you may hear in this episode!

Amy and Margaret discuss:

  • what you should already have around the house in anticipation of those “Mommy, I don’t feel well” moments
  •  why sick days are not the time to introduce a new skill
  •  why we must always beware secondary gain


Here’s links to some research and articles with great ideas for sick-day kids that we discuss:


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